When you are carrying do you carry 1 or 2 backup mags? I have been thinking about carrying additional mags but I always don't. I figure if I cannot take care of business with the 7 shots I have I am in bigger trouble then I want to be.
Now some would argue the point and say they always carry extra mags. So do you or not and why?
For myself it all depends on what I'm wearing that day.
If I'm open carrying most of the day, then I don't carry any spare mags. Just doesn't look right and like you said, if I need more than 10 rounds, I'm probably in a much bigger crisis than I could imagine.
However, if I'm wearing a decent cover garment that I won't be removing for the rest of the night/event, I have the choice of a single extra mag or a double.
I've gotten used to wearing the double all night at the Monday IDPA shoots, so it doesn't feel 'out of place' now when I do wear it.
With that said, the single mag pouch is a much cleaner setup and with dark pants, it's also discrete.
95% of my carry time is without a spare mag. If I was going someplace where I thought I might actually NEED that spare mag, I probably wouldn't go in the first place!!
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